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" 'Eurovision' is a party. I've never said no to a party, so I'm not saying no to this. "
Pilou Asbaek
Said
Never
Party
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" I'm an actor. 99.9% of all actors in the world have been in denial towards the military. "
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" I don't know - the whole leading man, I don't buy it. "
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Buy
Whole
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" Guess what? Human beings are complex. "
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Guess
Human
" With 'A Hijacking' I didn't talk to anyone who had been hijacked, but with 'A War,' I talked to as many soldiers as possible trying to understand how is it in Afghanistan. "
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" Whenever you do a film, it's always like a little miracle. So many people getting together trying to do something so that the audience can be entertained. "
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Trying
You
Together
" I'm not cynical. I cry at 'ET.' And 'Kung Fu Panda!' "
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Kung
Cynical
" I used to read reviews - I read a lot of the reviews when I did 'Borgen,' but the thing is, people were so harsh that I talked to my wife about it, and I said this is too tough - the people are too personal and too idiotic to understand it, in my mind. "
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" I was the first person in the family to be an actor. "
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First
Actor
" I want to keep pushing those boundaries of acting. "
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Want
Acting
" Overnight, I became a public figure. "
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Overnight
Public
" As an actor, you want roles that are full of meat. "
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Meat
Roles
Want
" I'm a father first. "
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Father
First
" I do enjoy the Scottish way of playing football. "
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Football
Playing
Scottish
" I think all interesting characters have some kind of a complex. "
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Complex
Interesting
" One of the things I've learned from 'Borgen' is that it's very easy to criticise people; 'I hate this politician, I hate what they do.' You are doing this right now with Margaret Thatcher, but sometimes it's hard to be a politician. I'm not defending Margaret Thatcher, but we believe our statesmen are also human beings. "
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People
Believe
Doing
" I did half a year of theatre. "
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Year
Did
Half
" Honestly, I think it's kind of corny to sit and watch your own work. "
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Own
Work
Watch
" I have the deepest, deepest respect for these guys who are actually fighting for democracy in countries far away. "
Pilou Asbaek
Far Away
Democracy
Respect
" I love my kid. I love a boring life. "
Pilou Asbaek
I Love
Boring
Life
" I think a role model is a person who says, 'This is who I am.' "
Pilou Asbaek
Person
I Am
Role
" In 'A Hijacking,' the characters are low-status people. "
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Characters
People
Hijacking
" I think if you just made a film that says, 'This is anti-war,' and you had to spend two hours explaining that... you don't like war? Wow, that's original. Know what I mean? "
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Think
Film
War
" I'm not a religious guy at all. "
Pilou Asbaek
Guy
Religious
" I like to do my own stunts, but sometimes you need a little bit of help. "
Pilou Asbaek
Sometimes
Help
My Own
" I want to direct in Denmark. I married a writer; my best friend's a writer, so I always wanted to be a writer. "
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Friend
Writer
Want
" When you watch the films that I'm inspired by - from the '60s and '70s - it's not about the special effects: it's about the story; it's about characters and relationships. "
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Relationships
Special
You
" I started quite late. I didn't know acting was a job. "
Pilou Asbaek
Started
Quite
Late
" Films come and go. Families stay. "
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Go
Come
Families
" I did some theatre straight out of school, and it wasn't anything spectacular at all. "
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Theatre
Anything
School
" I'm not a natural leader. If you see me in a room, I'm the guy standing in a corner hiding. I'm not an alpha male. "
Pilou Asbaek
Natural
You
Standing